The Case of Valentine Shortis: A True Story of Crime…

Friedland, Martin L.

The Case of Valentine Shortis: A True Story of Crime and Politics in Canada

Edition: First edition

University of Toronto Press, 1986. Orange cloth. pp xiv, 324. Photos in text, index. Fine in fine jacket. Was Shortis a bold robber in Valleyfield, Quebec, in 1895, or was he insane ? The case became politicized, and Laurier used it to become elected in 1896.